Diagnosis and Treatment of Vertebral Artery Dissection Caused by Atlantoaxial Dislocation

Bilateral vertebral artery dissection caused by atlantoaxial dislocation.

UNLABELLED Craniovertebral anomalies are rare causes of vertebral artery dissection. Therefore, appropriate evaluation is necessary in vertebrobasilar strokes, specially in the young. This is particularly true for patients with vertebral stroke without risk factors. RESULTS Here we report a 24-year-old male presenting with posterior circulation infarcts. The patient had no obvious vascular ri...

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MR imaging of fatal atlantoaxial dislocation caused by retropharyngeal abscess.

A 9-month-old girl was evaluated in our emergency room for 1 03°F fever and decreased activity. Three weeks earlier, at another hospital , the patient had been treated with antibiotics and skin grafting for secondand third-degree scald burns. On the current admission, a nonfluctuant neck swelling was noted, but otherwise the results of the physical and neurologic examinations were normal. WBC w...

Extracranial vertebral artery dissection

Vertebral artery dissection (VAD) is not uncommon in the young adult population. Owing to the various clinical manifestations; the diagnosis of VAD mainly depends on imaging examinations. Ultrasound has found an increasingly wide utilization in the diagnosis of VAD because of the continuous improvement in the resolution of ultrasonic instruments and accessibility.We retrospectively collected th...

Extracranial vertebral artery dissection.